Da Kiahas Part 1: 2009

Thursday, December 24, 2009

Letter to Santa

I just found this on the table ... the girls are getting some cookies ready now for santa

Friday, December 18, 2009

It's starting to feel like Christmas

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Mana's Winning Quote for Earthbound Farms

Check out the package labels for Mana's quote:

Monday, December 7, 2009

Our Birth Announcement

I just ran into my birth announcement. So 70s, don't ya think?

Sunday, December 6, 2009

I'm not sure why we paid $7.00 for this photo, other than it's become a tradition to go to Santa's House at Mission Plaza. They upped the price by $2.00 this year, but I got 3 kids in one, so I guess it's ok. I didn't dare try to get Keanu in this photo, I don't think Santa would have been too happy. But the kids were happy, leaving with candy canes, and coloring books. But now we are dealing with all the questions about which Santa is the real one. There are so many Santas around I'm not sure what to tell them.

Monday, November 30, 2009

Nanny McPhee

Kawai's top tooth has been loose forever. On Saturday night Mana bumped Kawai with her head, and out came the tooth next to the loose one. The loose one is still there. I can't help calling her Nanny McPhee, because somehow the loose tooth has made it's way to the center of her mouth and now looks like a center tooth, hanging at an angle.

Monday, November 23, 2009

Berkeley...Aah

Anu's definitely a red-head!

Had to climb Indian Rock!

Rode the Tilden Steam Train

Mormor and her grandkids

Grandfather and the kids

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Keanu's 2 month stats

Age: 9 weeks
Weight: 15 lbs, 4 oz (97%)
Height: 23.5 inches (75%)
Head size: 41 cm (75%)
Hair color: Still brown/reddish, but short so hard to tell
Eye color: Still blue

Keanu's Baby Blessing

Our 2 month old happy boy

Ric and Cindy with the little guy

The Koi and Kiaha kids

Kawai, proud big sister

Anu loves his daddy

Kiaha, Tulafale, Koi men and boys

Our Ohana

Friends and Family

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Our four pirates

The kids had fun at Trunk Or Treat last night. The littlest pirate slept most of the time, so we couldn't get him in the group photo.

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

My boys

Keanu's ukulele quilt

Keanu and his cousin Haley chillin out in the Poang chair

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Horray my first rain

Sunday, October 11, 2009

Smaller than a bear

Sunday, October 4, 2009

Friends and Avila Barn

We had a nice visit from friends yesterday. They have 3 girls and a boy too. We wish they lived closer.

Saturday, October 3, 2009

We love our Big Guy

Our Kids' Sayings

--3.5 year old Alani looked out the car window at a large electric wire post and said "Mom, is that the Eiffel Tower?"
--Mana really wants to wear makeup and we don't let her yet. Today she told me "you know what I would do if I had my own kids? I would buy each of them their own makeup, because I would share with my kids. I would be nice to my kids."
-- 4.5 year old Mana has been talking about ticks lately. She asked me how you kill them and I told her to squish them between your fingernails. Then she said, while looking at her nails, "I need to sharpen mine."
--When anyone mentions potty training to Alani, she says "I don't want the potty train to come!" and covers her ears (she thinks trains are too loud!)
--Mana asked me what type of monkey was on the t.v. I told her it was a chimpanzee. Then she asked "do all Japanzees live in Japan?"
--Mana got berry/mint dental floss from the dentist. When she tried it last night she said "I love this floss. It tastes like Sunflower petals."
--When we asked Mana to help clean up the living room, she responded "My body doesn't feel like cleaning right now."
--Mana told me "my stomach is tired." She also said "I don't feel relaxed when Haley tells me pilau"
--When Kawai was visiting me at work in "cubicleland" she asked to go see my "stall".
--Mana asked me for a "peanut butter jelly and sandwitch" yesterday.
--Mana, in her sweet high-pitched 3 year old voice which she uses for babies, told Alani "Hi Honey, you tiptoe marshmallow"
--Mana told Alani, "Alani I wish you were a Hello Kitty."
--Kawai asked Mana, "Mana what's your favorite place?" Mana: "A fighting place." Kawai: "No Mana, what's your favorite place to go?" Mana: "At the jungle"
--Mana's version of Jingle Bells starts like this: "Flashing through the snow...."
--Kawai and Mana were talking through the phones at the park. Mana asked Kawai, "do you like fairies?". Kawai said "yes." Then Mana said "Let's be best friends at the fairies."
--Kawai and Mana decided to play dogs. Kawai said she was a hound dog. Then Mana said that she's a peacock dog.
--Mana, while eating soybeans, asked Daddy, "Daddy, can I please have some more slime beans?"
--During the thunder/lightning storm this week, I told Mana that the sky was shouting. She ran to the window and said "I want to see him" (referring to The Guy). Then she asked "is he a super bad guy?"
--Mana: "I want to ride a helicoaster" (referring to a rollercoaster we think)
--Kawai at Costco: "I want to go to another store". Me: "which store?" Kawai: "Dollar Tree". Me: "What store do you want to go to?" Mana: "Money Tree"
--Mana: "Daddy it's gonna be Motherstines Day soon"

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